Catherine Cookson's The Cinder Path

Miniseries

In a heroic journey of epic proportions, everyman Charlie McFell wrestles with his demons — including a coldhearted wife, economic hardship, the horror of the world's first Great War, and a painful secret he'd rather forget.

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3 Episodes

  • Part 1
    E1
    Part 1First in a three-part drama about one man's journey through love and war in the early part of the last century. Charlie MacFell returns from university to the family farm, where his strict father still rules with a rod of iron : a situation that soon changes thanks to a misunderstanding with a foolish farmhand.
  • Part 2
    E2
    Part 2Second of the three-part Catherine Cookson drama about one man's journey through love and war in the early part of the last century. Charlie is conscripted into the Army, where he falls into the clutches of his old enemy Ginger Slater, who is now a sergeant. Lloyd Owen stars, with Catherine Zeta Jones, Tom Bell and Maria Miles.
  • Part 3
    E3
    Part 3Charlie is transferred to the Western Front, and distinguishes himself in battle. Returning home with a piece of shrapnel lodged dangerously close to his heart, he declares his love for Nellie : but a tragedy threatens to cut short their happiness.
  • Lloyd OwenCharlie MacFell
  • Catherine Zeta-JonesVictoria Chapman
  • Ralph InesonArthur Benton
  • Victoria ScarboroughBetty MacFell
  • Antony ByrneGinger Slater
  • Polly AdamsFlorence Chapman
  • Maria MilesNellie Chapman
  • Simon LangtonDirector
  • Alan SeymourWriter
  • Catherine CooksonNovel
  • Ray MarshallProducer
  • Ray TownsendExecutive Producer
  • Keith RichardsonExecutive Producer
  • John HooperDirector Of Photography
  • Chris WimbleEditor
  • Barrington PheloungOriginal Music Composer
  • Susie BruffinCasting Director

 

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